Metro Briefing | New York: Manhattan: 2 Hurt In West Side Fire

An elderly couple was critically injured in a fire that broke out in a Upper West Side apartment last night, fire officials said. The fire at 277 West End Avenue, which is between 72nd and 73rd Streets, started in a large fourth-floor apartment about 11:45 p.m., said Chief John Donnelly. The man, who is 84, was taken to New York Weill Cornell Center in cardiac arrest, Chief Donnelly said. The woman, who is 80 and believed to be the man's wife, was in critical condition at the hospital with smoke inhalation, a hospital administrator said. The fire was put out at 12:14 and was not believed to be suspicious. Vicki Vila (NYT)